Breaking news! Proof young people are driving less

Nine Shift has done it again! We have discovered new government data proving that young people are driving less.

   New data from the Federal Highway Administration shows that people aged 21-30 are driving 37% less as a percentage of all drivers than people aged 21-30 did fifteen years ago. 

   In 1995 those age 21-30 drove 20.8 percent of all the miles driven in the United States.  By 2001 that percentage had dropped slightly to 18.3 percent, but by 2009 the number has plunged to just 13.1 percent of all miles driven in the United States.  “The percent driven by this group has declined rather dramatically,” said Susan Liss of the National Highway Transportation Survey, the agency that did the study.

   The data comes from a new Department of Transportation study released last month on driving in 2009, a study which was also done for 2001 and 1995.

   “Based on this data it is evident that young are driving fewer miles than in 1995,” adds Laura Taylor, a statistician at Duke University, who also looked at the data. 

   What this means is that autos are in decline, as Gen Y switches from cars to trains. Want to know more? See our posts on "Other Causes Discounted" Feb 17 and "When Boomers Start to Drive Less" on Feb 18 below. Tell us your thoughts here: : :

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In Texas, teens have to have Driver Ed in order to get their license (32 hrs classroom/14 hrs in car). We offer Driver Ed through our District and what we see is simply that they don't have time to take the class after school or in the summer. It is no longer part of the daily curriculum and with extracurricular activities some teens simply cannot fit it in... so many have just waited until 18. Our state legislature has put an end to that and now individuals between 18-25 have to take a 6-7 hr course. Just another opportunity for us, I guess!

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Sorry for the error. I should have said Daily Market not Daily News. The link is: http://www.dailymarkets.com/economy/2010/03/02/demographic-boom-turning-to-bust-for-north-american-auto-sales

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[Lisa Dael]

I live in an area of the country where this trend is not exactly true. Teens are riding bikes more because of the expense of the car, but as they get to an age where they need to have a job, they are relying on a car. We live in a rural area which is not served well by public transportation and the only trains coming through carry freight. If we didn't have cars in SE Ohio, we couldn't go anywhere. Our nearest shopping (WalMart) is 15 minutes away by car. If we wish to visit a mall our closest one is 45 minutes away so a car is a must. I would love to know what Nine Shift predicts for such areas. We would love high speed rail that we could take to Columbus, but there are no plans to conect to our region anytime soon. We are stil isolated.

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There are reasons for youth to be driving less; economics meaning the cost of cars, insurance, and fuel plus that age group is now a smaller percentage of populattion, etc. From the Daily News website: "the aging baby boomer population and their proximity to retirement age is increasing by nearly 5% annually while the number of young drivers in the 16 to 29 year age bracket is increasing at the slowest pace since the mid-1990s. Statistics show that many in the 16 to 29 year age bracket are postponing procuring their drivers licenses. U.S. data confirms that only 46% of the 16-to-19 year old teenage population has a driver’s license. This represents a sharp fall-off from over the past twenty years, when 64% of the 16 to 19 year old population had a driver’s license. Furthermore, only 72% of the population under 30 years of age in the United States currently has a license, compared with nearly 84% in 1998, and roughly 90% when their parents were the same age. This trend is comparable in Canada. In Ontario, which accounts for nearly 40% of the Canadian population, only 75% of the eligible driving age population between 16 and 29 years of age has a license." There are also a lot of cars on the road and driving is more challenging than it was years ago.

[Gemi Powell]

My oldest son didn’t get his license until he was almost 18 and my younger son is almost 19 and still doesn’t have his. My daughters however both got their licenses shortly after they turned 16.

We do not have transportation alternative in our area so the kids do a lot of carpooling and catching a ride from friends. I do not see the decline of driving around here. Many teens in our area have very expensive vehicles, Lexus, BMW etc. and it is a statement for them to have those cars in the high school parking lot. I have noticed that more girls start driving at 16 than guys.

[Terry Newman]

My kids are driving less and its partially do to the high cost of operating a vehicle. Not driving is not always an option if you live in a small town and you have to drive 60 miles to the nearest K-Mart. Incidentally, both my daughters got their license the same day that they were able to go to the DMV and take their test. My son didn't drive for 4 years after he reached driving age.

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